Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 105 The Toxicity of "The Lonely Gourmet"! (Fifth update!)

Putting down the phone, Higashino took a deep breath, and then let it out again.

He remembered the good news that Koharu Hosokawa told him just now—"The cumulative sales volume of the booklet of "Midnight Ring" has reached [-] copies, and there is still an upward trend."

A booklet is priced at [-] yen, and each volume sold can bring [-] yen in revenue to Higashinoji.

In just two hours, there was a profit of 80 yen, which is a considerable amount even after paying taxes. Sure enough, it is not wrong to say that the sales of booklets are the main source of manga authors.

Thinking of this, Higashino also showed a little smile.

"Midnight Ring" got such a good result, even Higashinoji would be happy.

It’s as if you worked hard for the first month and earned a small amount of money. It’s a mood to want to show off to your classmates for no reason—this is the mentality that ordinary people should have.

Higashinoji is just an ordinary person who knows a little bit of art, so he is naturally the same as everyone else in this respect.

You must know that "Midnight Ring" has only been released for two hours now, so there are already [-] copies.According to statistics in a week, there must be at least [-] volumes.

This is already a popular work on "Aversion to Chill"-you must know that several single volumes released in the same period are still struggling with thousands of copies.

Moreover, Hosokawa Koharu also hinted in words that the reprinting of "Midnight Ring" may continue.

That is to say, the subsequent accumulative scores of "Midnight Ring" will be even higher, and this is just the beginning.

Higashino Division is already satisfied.

The name of "Midnight Ring" may be on the Japanese comic book sales Oricon list

The public trust list, also known as the oricon list, is also known as the o list.

The statistics of Oricon are equivalent to authority in Japan, which is equivalent to an indicator to measure whether a work is accepted by the public.

The popularity of "Midnight Ring" will definitely be on the list.

Higashino was relieved.

"Midnight Ring" has no problems at all, and now I will see the response of "The Lonely Gourmet".

"It's really good. The poster of Sadako at the back of the volume of "Midnight Ring" is so cute."

Takahashi Yumi hugged the gift poster behind the booklet of "Midnight Ring", she couldn't put it down very much.

Although Fujiwara Aoi next to her didn't speak, she also recognized Takahashi Yumi's words.

Higashino Division's painter is really good, and the little Sadako who is showing her teeth and claws barely crawled out of the TV, looking very cute.

"I've finished reading "Midnight Ring", and it's time to read "Aoba" next. It seems that Higashino-sensei's manga is a front page, right?"

Takahashi Yumi turned out the "Aoba" inside the paper bag, took a look at it, and was immediately dumbfounded.

She reached out to pick it up, took a closer look, and said incredulously, "Why is the protagonist of Mr. Dongye's new manga an uncle? And he looks dumb. How do you say something? What is it like to be dumb?"

"It's called dumbfounded!"

Fujiwara Aoi interjected to reply, and poked her head over curiously: "Uncle protagonist?"

Then, she saw the dull middle-aged man on the cover looking forward with his mouth open, looking very confused.

Can this dull uncle also be the protagonist of a comic?

Fujiwara Aoi was a little confused, not understanding Higashino Division's intentions.

But after all, it's Higashinoji's manga, Fujiwara Aoi still had some expectations in her heart, so she didn't say much at this time.

"Open it and take a look." She urged Takahashi Yumi from the side.

"Don't worry." Takahashi Yumi raised her hand and opened the new monthly "Aoba" of Urashima Publishing House without turning her head.

Since "Aoba" is a new monthly magazine published by Urashima Publishing House, it is a "special issue". This time there are more than 500 pages. Large headline in color - "The Lonely Gourmet".

""The Lonely Gourmet"? Mr. Higashino really drew food manga?" Yumi Takahashi murmured.

But something is wrong.

Aoi Fujiwara and Takahashi looked at the middle-aged man in the cover, walking in the alleys and streets of Tokyo, wearing a formal suit and holding a briefcase, looking up and looking forward.

Although the painting is very good

But it's still not right.

"Shouldn't this kind of food manga put the fancy food on the cover?" Takahashi Yumi whispered.

"Manga mainly depends on the content." Fujiwara Aoi lost her confidence and defended Higashino Tsukasa.

"That's true," Takahashi Yumi nodded.

Comics, mainly depends on the content.

But what if Higashinoji really doesn't know how to draw gourmet manga and just read the content?

Takahashi Yumi continued to flip down.

Both of them have great expectations for Higashino, and naturally they don't want him to make a big fall in this new journey.

But Dongyesi's opening cover and content didn't quite match up, which naturally made the two of them feel bad.

Just don't be scolded too badly by the media or magazines

Both of them thought so.

But looking at the two of them, I was fascinated.

The protagonist, Inokashira Goro, is struggling with difficult customers, and the dialogue is full of Japanese humor.

Followed by Inokashira Goro's helplessness and resignation to real life,

Immediately after Inokashira Goro's visit to the store, three long shots and three sounds of "dong, dong, dong" indicated that the story of searching for food had officially begun.

At the end, Inokashira Goro enjoyed the delicious food, and the action of eating it was like he played a wonderful hymn!

A wonderful hymn between real trauma and food healing.

but--

Takahashi Yumi made a bitter face when she looked at it. She turned her head and looked at Fujiwara Aoi who was swallowing her saliva frequently, and coquettishly: "Aoi, I'm so hungry."

Yeah, I don't know what's the matter. Seeing Inokashira Goro enjoying such delicious food, Takahashi Yumi just felt that she was so hungry that she couldn't stand it, as if she hadn't eaten for several days.

"What's wrong with being hungry? Don't forget that you're trying to lose weight and it's late at night! Aren't you afraid of gaining weight?"

Fujiwara Aoi slapped Takahashi Yumi's fat buttocks, but she was already too hungry.

That's right, the painter Higashinoji is too amazing.

The salt-roasted mackerel with grease on the surface was burnt yellow, with a slightly burnt aroma that seemed to let them smell it through the paper.

As Goro ate, they felt as if they had really eaten the salt-baked mackerel in their mouths.

This feeling of eating something even though there is nothing in their mouths - it is torture for their stomachs!

But even if you want to eat

It's already so late, where else can I find something to eat?

Fujiwara Aoi and Takahashi Yumi looked at each other, watching Inokashira Goro feasting with anger and hatred.

The excitement belongs to Uncle Goro in the comics, they have nothing

(End of this chapter)